Where Dreams and Visions Live Anthology Editor: Mary Blowers

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Just Admit You Failed — Then Start Over

A lot of people overreach. Make your goals smaller then work to add more words as you progress. You can do this! For many years, I shoved writing aside. Now, I make it part of my day. I don’t write at a particular time. I write when I can.

So much so that we often avoid doing things we might not succeed at because there’s a chance we’ll fall flat on our faces and embarrass ourselves to death, or something.

But some of us do manage to try things we hope we won’t fail at … and keep trying … and keep trying … even though what we’re trying isn’t working and we just keep doing the same exact things over and over praying that this time they will finally work.

This is, in case you hadn’t already guessed, a major waste of time.

You’d be much better off admitting that what you’re doing tanked and you need to stop doing that thing before you hurt yourself.

Let’s say you’re trying to write a book. You keep setting a goal of 1,000 words a day knowing you could make it…